Clothes stick



May 14, 1929. N 1,712,652

CLOTHES STI CK Filed Jan. 13, "1928 gwuwntof Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES ELMER G. DUNN, 0F KEOKUK, IOWA.

CLOTHES STICK.

Application filed January 13, 1928. Serial No. 246,636.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes sticks.

One object of the invention is to pro vide a clothes stick which is ofsuch construction that the clothes will not slip therefrom, when theclothes are being lifted from the water, by means of the stick.

Another object is to provide a terminal for a clothes stick which may bereadily attached to any ordinary stick, and whereby the lifting ot theclothes is greatly facilitated.

Another object is to provide a terminal or tip :lor a clothes stickwhich will not wear out readily, and which will not tear or otherwiseinjure the clothes.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when tale-in in connection with the accompanying d rawi'ng.

In the drawing:

Figure is a perspective view of an end of a clothes stick showing thetip or shoe attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the parts separated from eachother..

vl'rhet'erring particularly to the accompanying drawing, represents aportion of a clothes stick, which as illustrated in the drawing isangular in cross section, although this may be varied according tothedesires ll)" manufacturer or purchase The stick is pr fer-ably formedfrom wood, which renders the same comparatively light in wight, andpermits easier manipulation.

Un the end oi? the stick is secured a metal tip, represented as a wholeby the numeral Ill, such tip being composed of two halves 12 and i3,each having an angular channeled portion 14, which snugly embraces theend oi the stick, the flanges of such portions being disposed. inoverlapping relation to each other, and nails, or other suitablefastening devices 15, driven through the said portions 1%, into thestick end. Beyond the end oi the stick the members 12 and 1.3, which arepreferably formed from some light metal, are curved downwardly andoutwardly away from one edge of the stick, to form a toot it and on theupper concave portion of such toot there are termed the transverse corrugations 17. The toot is, in efiect, a hook, which facilitates thelifting of. the clothes from the water, and by reason of thecorrugations, the clothes are held from slipping from the foot.

It will be noted that the flanges of the members 12 and 13 are ofapproximately the same width so that when properly engaged together andsecured to the end of the stick, the foot portions will be held in rigidposition, without any tendency to flex toward and away "from each other.

When the stick is plunged into the water containing clothes, and theoperator manipulates the stick to lift a portion of such cothes, thecorrugations of the foot of the stick will serve to prevent such clothesslipping, so that the clothes may be success fully lifted from thewater.

The foot has a smooth. eaterior, and rounded edges so that there will beno tearing or otherwise injuring the clothes.

l'l 'hilc I have shown the foot as adapted for attachment to a stick endhaving an angular cross section, I wish it understood that the foot maybe made to apply to a stick of circular cross section, or any othercross section. desired. I do not wish to be limited to the degree ofcurve of the foot, as such foot may be more or less sharply curved, ormay be of greater or less length.

What claimed is:

l. A terminal for a clothes stick comprising a hollow casinglongitudinally arcuate and having one end open to receive the end of theclothes stick, said casing having trans- \IQX'SQ corrugations in itsconcave face.

A. terinina tor a clothes stick comprising a hollow two part casinglongitudinally arcuate and having one end open to re ceive an end oi theclothes stick, each of the parts of the casing having transversecorrugations in its concave face which nest with the corrugations ot theother part and having its convex :tace smooth.

3. A ter nnal for an end of a clothes stick comprising a two partlongitudinally arcuate casing having one end open for the reception ofan end of the stick, the convex face oi each oi the casing parts beingsn'iootl'i While each concave face is termed with transversecorrugations, the edge portions oi the casing parts being disposed inoverlapping relation to each other when applied to the stick end andprovided with fastening receiving openings in the stick end receivingopening, the corrugations of one casing part nesting with thecorrugations oi the other casing part.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ELMER C. DUNN.

